Throughout the summer of 2020 many players across North Carolina did not play their expected schedule.   This is on the back of a spring season that was cancelled very early on for high school players.  As August rolled around, it became clear that individual sessions through high school teams, and the fall season, would continue to be impacted by COVID-19.  These issues brought some solutions as the sport of baseball, and the people involved, continued to work to impact the growth of young players.

The Old North State League was one group that stepped up to see if it could help players.  Coming off a successful 1^st summer of their Collegiate League, the ONSL setup a high school fall league.  The leagues features players representing teams from area high schools, for the most part.  The league is meant to be a developmental platform, giving players reps Mondays through Thursday beginning in September and running through mid-August.

 

Week 5 – ONSL Fall League

 

Each week, PBR will recap games and player performances based on games PBR was able to attend, as well as information from box scores and live stream feeds.  The week 5 schedule featured 8 scheduled games.  Below we recap the games that were scored with game notes and highlights.

Weekly Highlights >> Week 1  |  Week 2  |  Week 3 | Week 4
Scout Blogs >> Week 1  |  Week 3

 

 

Thursday October 8, 2020 – Swepsonville Park

Chatham Chargers – 6                  ONSL Futures – 2

On Thursday at Swepsonville Park, the Chatham Chargers used a late offensive charge to get pas the ONSL Futures.  The Chargers scored the game’s final 6 runs, including a 3 run 5^th, to pull past the Futures.

Down 2-0 after 2 innings, the Chargers tied the game on a single by JC Whitaker (2022) in the 4^th.  In the 5^th, the Chargers loaded the bases with 2 outs, and one run across on 3 singles in the inning, with an error.  The next two hitters would draw walks, pushing the lead to 5-2.

On the bump, Landon Johnson (2021) worked 3 innings, giving up just 1 earned run, earning the win, prior to turning things over to the bullpen.  The Chargers bullpen saw Walker Johnson (2022) & Mason Bae (2022) each work 1 inning, limiting the Futures to just one hit over the final 3 innings.

 

Chatham Charger Notes:

Nate Ortiz – 2-4, 1R 1RBI
Landon Johnson – 2-3, 1R, 1SB
JC Whitaker – 1-3, 1RBI
Ben Manness – 1-1, 1R
Landon Johnson – Win, 3IP, 5H, 2R, 1ER, 1BB, 2K
Walker Johnson – 1IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 1K
Mason Bae – 1IP, 1H, 1BB, 1K

 

ONSL Futures Notes:

Cameron Turner – 1-1, 1R, 1RBI
Matt Keller – 1-1, 2B
Evan Collins – 1-1, 3B, 1R
Samuel Asbill – 1-2
Matt Keller – 3IP, 3H, 1R, 0BB, 1K
Samuel Asbill – Loss, 1.2IP, 5H, 4R, 2ER, 2BB, 1K
Garrett Arnold – 1.1IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 1K